GM! Low Advanced! What do they really mean?!

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Hiiiiiiiiiii~~!!

Just looking for clarifications, k? So please don't be mean to me. I really want to know these answers. Right.

K, so this term "GM?" Does it stand for: Game Moderator, Grand Master or Game Master?

And I seen some peeps say that they want their RP to be "Low-Advanced?" Does that mean it is a slower posting rate RP? Or does it mean less strict moderation of spelling, grammar, etc?

And I dun mean to sound dumb, but dumb bunny is dumb. :\

Thanks ya, RpG!!! ^-^!

Bunnita!

[Lillian Thorne]

GM is game master (though all your definitions would fit) but Low-advanced isn't as well defined. Typically I would say it is more relaxed standards. However, I would suggest you contact the GM and ask for specifics to make certain it is what you are looking for.

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Hi Lillian Thorne! ^^

Thanks ya for the answers! Urshums. ;D

Game Master it is then ^^ Right. So yeah, I was used to hearing: Literate, semi-literate and stuffs so I asked about Low-Advanced and the GM dint clarify soooo... guess I just gots to be more pushy to get an answer. K. Thanks ya again! ~Later~~<3!!

[Dervish]

I think Low Advanced is the GM saying, "A few reliable and quality paragraphs without turning into a novella per post."

It's kind of the antithesis of high-casual where they are looking for what's basically Advanced for people who feel comfortable with Casual.

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Hi Dervish! ^-^

Oooohhh... k. I was wondering about high-casual tooooo~~ ;D Like I thought high/low meant speed of posting rates. But it makes sense now that I seen what err'body is saying about low- or high- somethings or other. Coolie beanies then. Right. So mebbe I will look up some high-casual then^^ Urshums and thanks ya!!!

[Dervish]

Happy to help! :) If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot me off a message. Also, your picture in your sig seems to be broken.

Usually, in most RPs, there's a loose posting order that tries to get people through a rotation so most of the players have a chance to reply again before starting over, but it's different from game to game, and most GMs are pretty lenient about posting schedules. Typically, expect to do 1-3 posts a week, depending on the game, and more or less depending on how busy it is.

Either way, welcome and enjoy yourself!

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Urps. Thanks for letting me know ^^

See her now? ~BOING!!!~

K, but yeah, this bunny has been here for a few months BUT!! Thanks ya for the welcome!!!! So nice ;D Right. Just curious about those terms cuz yeah... mebbe Bunnita wants to be a GM...? Maybe. In a RP with slow posting rate. Yeah. That kinda' hipster bunny stuffs. ^^ K. ~Later~~!!

Bunnita!

[Brovo]

GM - Game Master: Runs a role play's setting, plot, and NPC's. May or may not have a GMPC.
DM - Dungeon Master: Same as Game Master, but technically a term used specifically for Dungeons & Dragons.
Low-Advanced: RP's in casual or advanced that have lower requirements than those of advanced. In every way identical to high casual, except used to make some people's egos feel a little better.
High-Casual: RP's in casual that mimic advanced standards without adhering to them totally and utterly. Technically an irrelevant carry-over from older times, but it comforts some people nonetheless to use it.

Posting speed is determined by each RP, though in general, free tends to be very fast with several posts per day, casual is multiple posts a week, and advanced averages out at around 1-4 posting rounds per 1-2 weeks.

Posting Round: Each time a GM posts, they typically advance the setting and plot, and react to what players have done. Thus, a new round begins every time a GM posts.
Posting Order: Usually done as common courtesy, each person posts once per Posting Round, in order to avoid a flood of posts. This usually only happens in casual and advanced, though, not in free.

A suggestion for Bunnita: Try playing as a player in a couple RP's first in your desired section, get a feel for how everything works on the site, and then make your own RP.

[Guru]

Brovo said
In every way identical to high casual, except used to make some people's egos feel a little better.

This was pretty much my exact thoughts reading 'Low Advanced' XD

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Hi Brovo and Guru!!^^

Wows. Thanks for the breakdowns! Urshums. ;D Oh! And I likes the Advanced part of the forum. I been in several... but they died or the GM ran away! U,u! But I likes advanced cuz it dun move too fast and peeps like to write lots and I likes to reads them all up!!! ^^ But k, so it seems like the both of you dun like the high-casual and low-advanced terms? Right. So if I was to start something, then I should just invite peeps from casual looking for 'high-casual' into advanced RPing? Oh! And I should call muhself a DM toooo!! DUNGEON MASTER!!!! MEEE!! ...sounds kinky...! xDDDD

Right. But for serious now, is it wrong to drop an interest check in casual forums looking for 'high-casual' peeps to join in an advanced RP?

[Brovo]

If you are looking for high casual, post in casual interest checks.

Casual? Casual int checks.

Low advanced? Casual int checks.

Advanced? Advanced int checks.

Generally low advanced and high casual are pointlessly divisive. That is why I dislike them.

[Guru]

Bunnita said
Hi Brovo and Guru!!

Hi.

Bunnita said Oh! And I likes the Advanced part of the forum. I been in several... but they died or the GM ran away! U,u!

Sadly, this can happen a lot if you don't find the right set of people with an interesting enough of a RP to keep things moving. The initial interest is important, but even more so... creating continual interest is how most RPs survive. Specially in advanced, where things can seem super slow sometimes.

Bunnita said But I likes advanced cuz it dun move too fast and peeps like to write lots and I likes to reads them all up!!! ^^

Yup, all very true. I personally enjoy detail.

Bunnita said But k, so it seems like the both of you dun like the high-casual and low-advanced terms? Right.

Right. Well, it's not that I personally have anything against them. I mean, whatever floats their boats... but usually, when they post that... it usually can be described as either advanced or Casual. If I can break down the mentalities here... I think High Casual has more to do with... "I want to do advanced, but I'm either not confident enough to do that, or I want it some what relaxed cause RL may or may not be getting in the way, but I don't want to tell them that." while, Low Advanced is more of a Ego thing...either they want to be in advanced and not quite at that level, or they might do low advanced just to do more advanced post and get some epeen stroking from fellow users who are probably all casual goers who want to give advanced a try... XD I'm not saying this is ALL HC and LA... but, I can pretty much make a good guess on that. Plus, there can sometimes be a stigma that comes with those too. So, you might not attract users who you might normally be able to draw in.

Bunnita said So if I was to start something, then I should just invite peeps from casual looking for 'high-casual' into advanced RPing? But for serious now, is it wrong to drop an interest check in casual forums looking for 'high-casual' peeps to join in an advanced RP?

Ummm... I wouldn't say it's wrong to invite casual people into advanced RPs. I have before, personally. Just kind of a "Hey, give this a shot... I promise not to be too strict on ya". Usually only a few. If they are indeed casual RPers... it's usually not a good idea to have too many of them though. There have been times where a RP would be reported and a mod would bump an RP down for not really meeting the requirements of an set level. We don't do this too much though, cause it's not really a big deal for most people... but still... you should try to keep it at that level.

Bunnita said Oh! And I should call muhself a DM toooo!! DUNGEON MASTER!!!! MEEE!! ...sounds kinky...! xDDDD Right.

Rawr.

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Ur-hrms, ur-hrms.... yush, yush... I see, I see... it makes sense now in a very sense making way... xDDD

Thank you for breaking it all down and giving this bunny some pointers and advices ^-^! Urshums. ~BOING!!!~ Oooohhh... idea~!! If I do run muh own RP then mebbe I should put it in the General interest forum and then say it's gunna be in the advanced forums BUT! I'll make like some statement in there for peeps who are in casual and interested in doing advanced RP to join up too? Like if they can do between 3-5 paragraphs then they should consider joining? Yerse. Likes it.

Urshums~~!! ^-^ K. Thanks err'body for your comments, answers, tips, advice and big brained thoughts!

[Halo]

I really, really want to argue about the merit of the "High-Casual" level/difficulty-notation, but that isn't the purpose of this thread so I won't.

What I will say, however, is that if you want to specify intra-level - i.e. "High-Casual", "Low-Advanced", etc. - it's better to scale up, so to speak. Low-Advanced being below typical Advanced quality defeats the point of Advanced - to draw a bottom line for Advanced standard. The way the sections are defined are by their minimum requirements - and so by using "High-Casual", you aren't much affecting the definition of what is required for an RP to be "Casual" level, but by using "Low-Advanced" you're completely breaking the point of the Advanced forum by violating that "bottom line", or the cut-off point, and changing the requirements for Advanced.